Nov 29 Digging into Wikileaks' 'CableGate' This weekend's massive Wikileaks document dump contains -- according to Wikileaks -- "251,287 leaked United States embassy cables, the largest set of confidential documents ever to be released into the public domain." With that in mind, here are a… Continue reading
Nov 29 Haiti's Election Turmoil Throws Results Into Question By Larisa Epatko Allegations of fraud, general disorganization and protests marred Haiti's presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, and Haitian officials are now mulling over how to handle results. Continue reading
Nov 29 Wikileaks Cable Release Rattles Diplomatic World; U.S., South Korea Start Military Exercises WikiLeaks Publishes Stash of Secret Diplomatic Documents View of the WikiLeaks homepage.(Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) The web site WikiLeaks has released the first in a series of secret State Department cables online, sending ripples through the diplomatic community and eliciting… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Prospect of Political Chaos Adds to Haiti's Troubles Following Sunday's vote in Haiti, 12 of the 18 candidates trying to succeed President Rene Preval called for the results to be discarded after reports of fraud, but electoral officials disputed that there were widespread problems. Jason Beaubien of NPR… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch Cholera Numbers Grow as Haitians Prepare for Presidential Vote Amid ongoing reconstruction after the deadly earthquake earlier this year and an ongoing cholera epidemic, Haitians head to the polls to vote on a new leader. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports from Port-au-Prince on the country's presidential election this weekend and… Continue watching
Nov 25 President Obama Releases Plan to End Rebel Violence in Uganda President Barack Obama outlined a plan to disarm the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army in a letter and policy documents sent to lawmakers Wednesday. The documents request additional funding from Congress to eliminate… Continue reading
Nov 24 South Korean Civilians Killed in Shelling; New Zealand Miners Presumed Dead South Korean officials have reported that the bodies of two civilians have been discovered on Yeonpyeong Island, the site of Tuesday's artillery attack by North Korea. Two marines were also killed in the almost hour-long shelling of the… Continue reading
Nov 23 North Korea's Shelling of South Korean Island Heightens Tensions In this image provided by a local resident, smoke rises from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island near the border with North Korea on Tuesday. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has ordered retaliatory strikes if there is "further provocation" from… Continue reading
Nov 23 Iraqi Christians Flee as al-Qaida Steps Up Attacks By Larisa Epatko An assault on a church in Baghdad and other targeted attacks on Christian families are driving fear into the hearts of the remaining members of this religious minority in Iraq, and causing many to seek sanctuary in other places. Continue reading
Nov 23 Preview: Sustaining Mozambique's HIV/AIDS Fight By Talea Miller One out of every eight adults living in Mozambique is HIV positive, and most of them are on HIV medications called antiretrovirals. These pills are life-saving for people around the world infected with HIV, but the United States and other… Continue reading